The State of the Union

[A Black Falcon]

Oh, to clarify. The boards did go down for a good deal of the day, and I know some people suspected him. It was not his doing. It was actually mine, and it was an accident.

Heh, so DJ was right that you messed something up? :)

I tried my best, I really did, to make things clear to OB1 why we might be upset with him. I came off as "passive aggresive" (and I really don't know exactly what that term means, I take it means veiled insult) to him, which was not my intention. Him leaving is not a good thing in many ways, but if he didn't change his argumentative nature (which was the only thing I ever really had a problem with about the guy, I never actually had a grudge), then in the end it may be best. It's sad that it came to this though...

He won't listen to you or me, and will take most anything we say in the worst possible way. Or just ignore it, often, in your case... so yeah. But anyway, it wasn't you or me who got him to quit, it was Weltall... though his feelings on how he thinks that we act certainly played a part, I'm sure.

Hey ABF, you see Biggah more than I do. Tell him to come here. Mention OB1 is gone or something. That may just bring him back, but don't mention our intentions of bringing OB1 back or anything .

I thought of that... it might help, actually. :) OB1 certainly is the one he disliked most... we'll see. He is busy now (with real-world things...), though, so he doesn't have that much time...

Netmapel needs to come back. She's been gone too long. She's on every now and again in AIM, as NetMapel, and I think she also plays some matches against The Biggah now and again.

Not recently, but she is on MSN sometimes... I don't know if she wants to come back. I know we've asked before but she hasn't returned...

I also wish Stealth would go back to how he used to be and return you know. Old "sheep boy" used to be a pleasent chap to be around, but then for some odd reason he changes completely and he essentially defined what being a troll is. Eventually, Weltall just out and out had to ban him... I've checked, he's technically no longer banned, but he doesn't know where our site is now, which may be for the best. Sheep boy was awesome, but for some reason he just totally changed. That whole fake stealth thing, for the uninitiated, was a farce. By the way, every now and then I still talk to Stealth on MSN. Unfortunatly, he's taken to this odd habbit of trying to actually tear apart your very soul. It's a little lame, and maybe I shouldn't be sharing this but, if you do talk to him, he'll likely start out and end by saying "you must be a very pathetic lonely person in real life" or similar accusations with no basis in fact. I really have no idea why he became so bitter...

Stealth is Stealth... he talks to me on MSN sometimes. And sometimes he's a decent person to talk to and other times he's bent on doing his best to insult you... it is silly, but he's 'normal' often enough that I don't mind talking to him on MSN. I wonder how he'd act on the forum though...

I myself know a few real world friends who may be willing to join as well. They're good kids, not at all idiots for the most part, but they can't be trusted to keep anything secret.

So you won't invite them because they'll tell people your real gender? But with OB1 gone, who here do you want to hide it from, really (especially given that some people already know)? Is it really THAT important? :)

As for new members, what can we do... get linked somewhere? But how would we go about that?